Company evolving from startup to mature vendor - Senior Software Engineer NetApp Employee Review

4.0
6 Oct 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Releases are getting methodical and better organized. Planning process is more systematic. Development tools seem to be improving over time, including virtual hardware. Getting over a major product transition (7-mode to C-mode) and when that's done, outlook looks good.

Cons

Releases are still large and cumbersome. It takes a long time for features to get out the door. Many, many ideas don't fit current releases.

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5.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Not the worst pay around - Opportunity for advancement if you get the right management - Good financial benefits (ESPP, 401k options, mega backdoor Roth) - The one thing GK is good at is driving up the company stock price. Hope you got yourself some RSUs

Cons

- NetApp hasn't made a new product in 10 years, so you'll be hard pressed to find development work that isn't directly tied to supporting what was built before then. - Very little innovation other than weekend-project-level AI tools - Health and dental benefits are not great - Upper management is completely detached from reality

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